Dining kit.



H. O. A. ALBRECHTSEN.

DINING KIT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27. IQIG.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial No. 122,497.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS OLUF ANDREAS ALBBnoH'rsEN, of the city ofPrince Albert, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dining Kits, of whichthe following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in dining kits particularly to akit especially adapted for soldiers use, although valuable for picnicand other. such purposes and the object of the invention is to providethe necessary eating equipment and construct and arrange the articlessuch that the smaller utensils can be stacked between a pair of platesand held tightly in stacked position so that they will not rattle, thepair of plates forming a casing inclosing the other articles of the kit.

WVith the above object in view the invention consists essentially in thearrangement and construction of parts hereinafter de scribed and laterpointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of thecomplete kit.

Fig. 2 a plan view.

Fig. 3 a plan view of the kit with the top plate removed. I

Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the bottom plate as it appears in Fig.3 with the utensils removed. I

Fig. 5 represents a vertical sectional view centrally through the kit.

Fig. 6 represents a plan view of the cup and contained casters.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the rimof the two plates showing the end of the handle of the fork pocketed inthe bottom plate.

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view throughthe rims of the plates, the section passing through the rims at thecatch.

In'the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several figures.

I have found that for ordinary purposes all that is required in aneating kit is two plates, a knife, fork and spoon, a cup and severalsmall casters for seasoning sugar and tea and concluding this I havedevised two plates so that they close together and lock to form a casingand have constructed them so that they support and hold fast the knife,spoon and fork and also receive between them the cup which contains thecasters. The kit in this way has a very neat appearance, is aparticularly convenient one and can be readily carried about withoutrattling when jarred.

Referring now to the drawings 1 represents a more or less deep metalliclower plate and 2 a somewhat shallower metallic upper plate which isadapted to be inverted on the bottom plate.

The base of the bottom plate is pressed or stamped up to provide acircular shoulder 3 which is adapted to extend within the mouth of thecup 4: which is inverted on the plate. The shoulder prevents the cupfrom shifting sidewise when in stacked position.

The rim of the plate 1 really comprises two parts, an upwardly inclinedinner portion 1 and an outer horizontal portion 1*,

these two portions being connected by a more or less vertical neck 1.

The rim 2* of the pan 2 is contained in the horizontal plane and has theouter edge thereof rolled back on itself as shown at 2 this rolled backedge being adapted to rest on the inner portion 1 of the rim of thelower plate and with the rolled backportion butted in against thenecklo.

From the above descrlption it would be apparent that between thehorizontal rim of.:

the top plate and the inclined inner portion of the rim of the bottomplate I reserve a more or less V-shaped cavity.

The rim of the bottom plate at the neck is indented at one side toprovide a plurality of stops 5, 6 and 7 which stops are adapted to catchand overhang the edge of the top plate when it is inserted ininvertedposition on the bottom plate.

At the opposite side the bottom plate carries a spring catch 8 suppliedwith a loop 9 the spring catch being adapted to catch in over the rim ofthe top plate and lock it in closed position against the bottom plate.The loop provides a convenient hand piece for releasing the spring catchand it can be also utilized for hanging up the kit if desired.

hen the two plates are locked together as just described the cup isadapted to beby the top plate while the mouth of it rests on the bottomplate and surrounds the shoulder. r

The handle of the cup is indicated by th reference numeral 4.

Within the cup I place four casters 10, 11, 12 and 13 which casters arefitted with suitable caps 14;, some of which are perforated, some ofwhich are not.

The casters are shaped so that when brought together and inserted withinthe cup they fill it. Accordingly there is no rattling when they areplaced in position and the cup is stored.

As a matter of convenience I have shown two of the casters withperforated tops so that they can be utilized for salt and pepper, one ofthem with a solid cap so it can be utilized for holding sugar andanother with a perforated body and as indicated at 12 so that it can beutilized for holding tea and ifdesired for infusing the tea in the cup.

Around the cup and between the plates I locate the fork 15, the knife 16and the spoon 17. The inclined portion 1 of the rim of the bottom plateis supplied with a number of indentations Or pockets 18 which are shapedand positioned to receive the ends of the knife, fork and spoon whenrested on the rim. Actually I desire that the pockets for the ends ofthe knife and fork be located such that when the knife and fork are instored position they are parallel and located at opposite sides of thecup reallytouching the sides of the cup and the pockets for the ends ofthe spoon be located and positioned such. that the spoon crosses atright angles the blade ofthe knife and the prongs of the fork and hasthe body thereof engaging the side of the cup.

,The depths of the pockets are such that ing, the ends of the knife forkand spoon which are received within the pockets and extend into theV-shaped cavity hereinbefore referred to, are jammed between the top andbottom rims of the plates.

In connection with the spoon I have found that it is desirable to insertit with the bowl thereof below the knife and the handle thereof abovethe fork and with the heel of the bowl resting against the cup andagainst the handle. This position insures the positive holding of thespoon.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a dining kit, a pair of platesreleasably locked together and forming a containing casing, one of saidplates having recesses in its edges, a cup inserted and jammed betweenthe locked plates and eating utensils grouped around the cup and heldwithin said recesses by said plates.

2. A dining kit comprising a bottomvplate and an inverted top platehaving the rims thereof releasably locked together and form'- ing aninclosing casing the bottom plate having the base thereof provided withan upstanding circular shoulder, an inverted cup inserted between thelocked plates and having the mouth thereof receiving the shoulder, and aknife, fork and spoon grouped around the cup and having their endsextending and resting in pockets pro vided in the rim of the bottomplate and jammed in said pockets by the rim of the top plate.

Signed at Winnipeg this 30 day of August, 1916.

HANS ANDREAS ALBRECHTSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. C.

